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New Make-Up Plan l
For Tests Released
The following plan for making
u.tJ t ests missed because of ab­sence
from class was approved by
the members of the faculty at a
recent meeting.
Cla ss tests missed during any
one week of school must be made
up on the first Friday afternoon
after the student returns to class
Friday afternoon from four to
six o'clock will be set a side for
make-up t ests. A student must
appea r for the test on the first
Friday after class absence. In
those few cases where a student
has missed three or more tests, he
will be allowed two consecutive
Friday afternoons to make them
THE PROSCR~PT
Volume 2. Number 8. Wed., November 20, 1940
Richmond Professional Institute, College of William and Mary
====================~================================~========== /
Congratulations to Mrs.
Raymond Hodges f or ber
s plendid performance in the
Theatre Guild's masterly
production Of "Two On An
Island."
Sternberg Brings
Genius to R. P- I.
R. P. I. Elected Host
International Relations
To
Club
(Specia l to the Proscript from
Internationa l Rela tions Club Con­f
erence, Univer s ity of ViI'ginia. )
By Shirley GoldsmIth
up. The Richmond Sch ool of Ar t
R. P . I . was e lec t ed host chapter
for the State conference of the
Interna tional Rela tions Club next
year. T his conference confers 1Jp­on
the host chapter the State
pres idency and treasurer ship. Oth
er officers elect ed a re Recording
Secretar y, Hollins College ; Vice
President, Lynchburg College ; Cor
r esponding Secr etary, Mary Bald
win.
In the event that a student fails will entertain Mr. Harry Stern­to
appear for the ma k e-up test berg, noted painter and instructor
or~ the Friday scheduled, it will be from the Art Students League of
necessary far hfm to procure from New York, and the first visiting
the office, upon payment at a fee critic in two years on Friday, No­of
one dollar, permission to be vember 22. Mr. Sternberg t each­g
':ven a special test. es lithography, et ching and silk
This plan of prOViding for make- screen processing in his winter
up tests was adopted so that these classes ; painting and composition
tests will not conflict with regula- are his summer specia lties.
ly scheduled tests. A late hour In his acceptance letter to Miss
Friday afternoon was selected as Theresa Pollak, he suggested tha t
being the time during the week student work be on hand for his
that would present the fewest criticism. The lecture will be
conflicts. held in the "big" studio on the
T. A. "Cradle Song"
Boasts Large Cast
Dorothy Price P lays "Sister
JOaJllle"
On December 6th, the Theat re
Associates will present the second
play of the curren t dramatic sea­son.
It is the poigna nt dr ama
"T he Cradle Song," written by
Gregeris and Marice Ma rtin ez
Sie r ra. Origi naUy written in
Spanish, the play was tra n sla ted
i!lto English for the special use of
E va Le Gal ienne in her Broadway
production.
The s tory deals wi th the life of
a colony of c loister ed nWlS. TheIr
life is disrupted tremendously
,,·.'hen a child is left a t their door
The play shows the development
c f the child to t he day wh en she
h a bout to leave these sainted
women to be married . That
mother-love is universal, even to
those who have vowed themselves
to the church, is aptly shown.
The Ri chmond Profes sional In-third
floor of the gym building.
Harriet Bogart (,40 ) is the only
s tudent of the school who has
s tudied painting Wlder him - in
the winter session - a nd accord­ing
to her he is "perfectly won­derful."
He mus t justly warrant
her enthusiasm if his pa s t record
of achievement ha s a ny bea r ing
on the matter . To date, he bas
won the Guggenheim fellowship
(1936 ) , and has been represent ed
in Fifty Pri n ts o f the Year (1930,
1932, 1933, 1934, 1938), Hundred
Prints of t he Ye..'l r (1939, 1940.)
He has paintings in the following
collections and galleries: The
\Vhitney Museum, Brooklyn Mu­seum,
Addison GalJery, Cleveland
Museum, Young Memorial Mu­seum,
T he Victoria a nd Albert
Museum, London, Biblioteque Na­tiona
l, P a ris, Mura ls in Chicago
P ost Offices , a nd t he Roebling Ex­h
Ibit at the World's F air (1939-40).
Sternberg's pa in tings a re usua l­ly
cha ract er ized by stl'ong ly or ­ga
nized compositions which illu­minate
with blinding for ce the
s tr ength of his profound com­ments
on society- men, ma chines
and the might of indus try.
Cotillion Formal in
J. M. '-Va." Room
Plans are more than under way
for the Cotmi"on Club's mid-win­ter
formal. The date, the place,
the orchestra, the bids and the
flowers have been selected The
d.ate is December 13 (which, inci ­<!
entally. is a Friday) . The place
is the lovely Virginia Room of the
Hotel John Marshall; Bob Boykin
and his orchestra will furnish the
music. The number ot bids to be
Moore, and Mary Kennedy; bids,
se-nt is larger than ever before;
and, the flowe rs--Iet them rema in
a surprise!
The members of the club who
have served on the commit tees
a r..d have ca r r ied out these plans
a re as foUows: place, Frances
Hoffma n, chairman, Molly Ha r d.­ing
, Russeline Moor e, and Ann e
Timberl a ke; orchest ra, F r a n c e s
Robinson, chairman, J ane Brink ­ley,
Regina Will iams,· Ma r ga re t
Alma McCann, cha ir ma n, J ackie
All en, La. Rue Griffen, and Mary
E lois Harris; flower s, Ruth M:etz,
chair ma n, Na ncy Bennet t, Midge
Da niels, and Mary Fra nces J ones.
The Cotillion Club will sponsor
a11 informal da nce, open to the en­ti
re s tudent body, on November
29, f rom 9 :30 o'clock in the gym­nasium.
This is something n ew
and different for the club, for
n('ver before has it h eld an open
dance. There is another new and
differ ent angle to this dance-the
admission will be only twenty-five
cents for stag or drag!
~titute producti'on will be interest ,r----------_______________ The delegates were Dorothy Ma
honey, Anne Beryl Gannett, Shir
ley Goldsmith, June Goldsmith
and E lizabeth Cavan.
At the round table discussions
led by Mary Wa shin g ton College
Emory and Henry College, Farm
ville, and the University of Vir
ginia , the conclus ion was reached
that cultural coope ra tion and un
der s tanding are necessary tor the
combat of the penetration ot
South America by F aSCist states ;
tha t the differ ences exis ting be
tween South American and North
Ame rican countries a re not of th
type that are so bas ic tha t educa
tion, econ omic sacrifice on the
pa rt of the United States , and a
cha ng e of our t raditional a tti t ud
of "We ought to g o down ther
and help t he poor devils" ca nno
bring a bout closer coopera tion.
Mr. Novel, foreign correspon ­dent
and associate editor of th
Washi ngton P ost , a nal yzed th
work ings of the Monroe Doctrine
and the traditional policy of
American isolationism. It was hi
contention that these two policies '
are entirely wori(able only as long
as it is certain Ula t British po we
and the strength of the British
f leet are th rown in to the stand
against E uropean aggression in
the western hemisphere.
At the banquet on Satul'day
night, Dr . Wilgus of George Wa sh
ington Univer s ity, analyzed t he
pOli tica l philosophy of the South
Ameri can republics. He a dmitted
that the "dictator" democra cie
(Continued on Page Three)
relea6ed for publication:
Kitty Da rnall's t rip to Roanok
Utis week-e.nd .. Be t ty O'Brien'
lng from several standpoints. The
stage sets, which were designed
by R'lth Roach of the Art School
w ill be treated in a novel fashion
Instea d of painting th~ fl a ts, n ews
pa per will be u sed to give the
~tone effect of clois t er walls. This
method was origina lly used in a
Mexican production whfch Mr
Hodges happened to see and which
impressed him so much that he
h ~s been pa tien tly waiting to try
hIS hand a t the idea ever s in ce
CAL END A R f lying ja unt to Washington
Bessie P e t e rson's cha rming smil
(Continued on Page F our)
Senior Class Meeting ............................................. . .... .................... Nov. 20 Dot Wilkinson's manner un
Thanksgiving ...... ...... ......................................................................... Nov. 21 pe rturbed by worry or s tudies .
Na tiona l Field Hockey T ournament at W. & M. Frank Hough's model A . .. Betty
in Williamsburg .... ......................................... . ................ Nov. 21-24 Sitterding's r ema r ka ble rema rks.
Steinberg Lecture for Art Depa rtmen t ....................... ............... Nov. 22 l\1'a ry LoU ise Evans ' ref resh ing
Ma rian Anderson at the Mosque ....... .. · ...................................... Nov. 22 persona lity Ruth Earles' jit
Theatre ASSOCiates Tea . . · .... ······w .... .......... . ......... ... ...... Nov. 24 t er bugging T he two Ma ry
Proscript Staff Meeting... .. .. ······ ................................................. Nov. 25 Wests .. . Mr. Ha vila nd's wonder
Next issue of the Prosc rlpt ··········.· .............. ... .............................. Nov. 27 f ul penthouse a pa r tmen t . .
Cotillion I nformal ........................ . ............. ....... Nov. 29 Tuck er and Stee.le in t heir dimin
P resenta tion of t he "Cra dle Song" ·· .... · ........................................ Dec. 6 utive rOOm ElizabetiJ. Cavan'
Cotillion Forma l ......................... ·· .. ·····.· .............................. ... ........ Dec. 13 love of equitat ion Don Hig-
-------------____________ ---'J g ins' growing popularity.

Published by the students of the Richmond Professional Institute, College of William and Mary (1940-1947); The Richmond Professional Institute and Virginia Polytechnic Institute cooperating (1947-1955); Richmond Professional Institute of the Colege of William and Mary <1955-1962>; Richmond Professional Institute, Sept. 21, 1962-May 24, 1968; Virginia Commonwealth University, Sept. 20, 1968-May 23, 1969.

New Make-Up Plan l
For Tests Released
The following plan for making
u.tJ t ests missed because of ab­sence
from class was approved by
the members of the faculty at a
recent meeting.
Cla ss tests missed during any
one week of school must be made
up on the first Friday afternoon
after the student returns to class
Friday afternoon from four to
six o'clock will be set a side for
make-up t ests. A student must
appea r for the test on the first
Friday after class absence. In
those few cases where a student
has missed three or more tests, he
will be allowed two consecutive
Friday afternoons to make them
THE PROSCR~PT
Volume 2. Number 8. Wed., November 20, 1940
Richmond Professional Institute, College of William and Mary
====================~================================~========== /
Congratulations to Mrs.
Raymond Hodges f or ber
s plendid performance in the
Theatre Guild's masterly
production Of "Two On An
Island."
Sternberg Brings
Genius to R. P- I.
R. P. I. Elected Host
International Relations
To
Club
(Specia l to the Proscript from
Internationa l Rela tions Club Con­f
erence, Univer s ity of ViI'ginia. )
By Shirley GoldsmIth
up. The Richmond Sch ool of Ar t
R. P . I . was e lec t ed host chapter
for the State conference of the
Interna tional Rela tions Club next
year. T his conference confers 1Jp­on
the host chapter the State
pres idency and treasurer ship. Oth
er officers elect ed a re Recording
Secretar y, Hollins College ; Vice
President, Lynchburg College ; Cor
r esponding Secr etary, Mary Bald
win.
In the event that a student fails will entertain Mr. Harry Stern­to
appear for the ma k e-up test berg, noted painter and instructor
or~ the Friday scheduled, it will be from the Art Students League of
necessary far hfm to procure from New York, and the first visiting
the office, upon payment at a fee critic in two years on Friday, No­of
one dollar, permission to be vember 22. Mr. Sternberg t each­g
':ven a special test. es lithography, et ching and silk
This plan of prOViding for make- screen processing in his winter
up tests was adopted so that these classes ; painting and composition
tests will not conflict with regula- are his summer specia lties.
ly scheduled tests. A late hour In his acceptance letter to Miss
Friday afternoon was selected as Theresa Pollak, he suggested tha t
being the time during the week student work be on hand for his
that would present the fewest criticism. The lecture will be
conflicts. held in the "big" studio on the
T. A. "Cradle Song"
Boasts Large Cast
Dorothy Price P lays "Sister
JOaJllle"
On December 6th, the Theat re
Associates will present the second
play of the curren t dramatic sea­son.
It is the poigna nt dr ama
"T he Cradle Song" written by
Gregeris and Marice Ma rtin ez
Sie r ra. Origi naUy written in
Spanish, the play was tra n sla ted
i!lto English for the special use of
E va Le Gal ienne in her Broadway
production.
The s tory deals wi th the life of
a colony of c loister ed nWlS. TheIr
life is disrupted tremendously
,,·.'hen a child is left a t their door
The play shows the development
c f the child to t he day wh en she
h a bout to leave these sainted
women to be married . That
mother-love is universal, even to
those who have vowed themselves
to the church, is aptly shown.
The Ri chmond Profes sional In-third
floor of the gym building.
Harriet Bogart (,40 ) is the only
s tudent of the school who has
s tudied painting Wlder him - in
the winter session - a nd accord­ing
to her he is "perfectly won­derful."
He mus t justly warrant
her enthusiasm if his pa s t record
of achievement ha s a ny bea r ing
on the matter . To date, he bas
won the Guggenheim fellowship
(1936 ) , and has been represent ed
in Fifty Pri n ts o f the Year (1930,
1932, 1933, 1934, 1938), Hundred
Prints of t he Ye..'l r (1939, 1940.)
He has paintings in the following
collections and galleries: The
\Vhitney Museum, Brooklyn Mu­seum,
Addison GalJery, Cleveland
Museum, Young Memorial Mu­seum,
T he Victoria a nd Albert
Museum, London, Biblioteque Na­tiona
l, P a ris, Mura ls in Chicago
P ost Offices , a nd t he Roebling Ex­h
Ibit at the World's F air (1939-40).
Sternberg's pa in tings a re usua l­ly
cha ract er ized by stl'ong ly or ­ga
nized compositions which illu­minate
with blinding for ce the
s tr ength of his profound com­ments
on society- men, ma chines
and the might of indus try.
Cotillion Formal in
J. M. '-Va." Room
Plans are more than under way
for the Cotmi"on Club's mid-win­ter
formal. The date, the place,
the orchestra, the bids and the
flowers have been selected The
d.ate is December 13 (which, inci ­